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iOS Swift Basics An Introduction to Swift Programming Conventions and Rules

Posted by jubinkurien
jubinkurien
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What is White Space characters in Swift /Programming ?

I don't understand what is white space character in Swift /Programming ? Does this rule only apply when declaring variables and constants. Or does this also apply when writing statements ? I seem to be confusing this with inputting spacebar before declaration.

Kenan Bateman
Kenan Bateman
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Kenan Bateman
Kenan Bateman
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White space is another word for a spacebar. It's not directly linked to how you use it, just any space is considered "white space"

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Kirby Ziada
Kirby Ziada
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Kirby Ziada
Kirby Ziada
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Programming languages often don't read spaces.

Hence why; var programmingLanguage="Swift" is also the same as; var programmingLanuage = "Swift"

Or you could have 8 different spaces if you'd like... doesn't matter but it's about being readable for you or anyone else working on the app.

Cahue Beltrao
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Cahue Beltrao
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Cahue Beltrao
Cahue Beltrao
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In your code, it's mostly for readability and is ignored when being interpreted by a machine, but some programming languages do use whitespaces in some occasions. Also whitespace is not ignored when contained within a variable of type string, then it's a character just like any other.